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G. G. SUCRO.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. SUCRO, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BOTTLE-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,697, dated June 7, 1892.

Application filed January 20, 1892. Serial No. 418,731. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. SUCRO, ot Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing Cases or Crates for Bottles, of which the following is a specication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view, partly broken away, of a packing-case containing rny improved cells. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 5c cc of Fig. l. Fig. is a vertical section on the line y y of Fig. 4. Fig. is a plan of a packing-case without a cover, showing a modied forni of my invention; and Fig. 5 is a detached detail showing the manner of securing the cells together.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several tigures.

A represents the outer case, and B the hinged lid therefor.

In Figs. l and 2 I have represented a case with a central partition C; but in Figs. 3 and 4 the partition is not employed.

D D represent a series of cylindrical cells secured together at their upper and lower ends by wire clips d d. Each clip is luade from a single piece of wire bent in the form of a staple and having its ends d. d pointed and bent inwardly at a right angle to the straight sides d2 d2. The butt of the staple rests on the cells.

material of which the cell is formed. Each cell is attached to all the cells in contact with it, and the series of cells will thus be securely fastened together an d may be moved as an entirety. The cells D are circular in forni and arranged in rows parallel to each other in one direction, but staggered in the. other. By this arrangement it will be seen that much less space is required to pack a given number of bottles than would be the case if square cells were used or if the circular cells were not staggered.

In Figs. l and 2 the cells are of a length equal to the depth of the interior space of the case when the lid is closed, and consequently surround the bottles their entire length. In Figs. 3 and et the cells are shown as extending only about two-thirds of the length of the bottle. The length of the cells is, however, iinmaterial and may be varied at pleasure so long as it is sufcient to keep the bottles in place and separated from each other.

Having described iny invention, I claim- The combination, with an outer case, of a series of complete and independent cylindrical cells arranged in rows parallel in one direction, but staggered in the other, and pointed staple-clips which are placed over the ends of adjoining cells with their points turned inward and inserted in the material of the cells, substantially as and for the purpose specitied.

GEORGE C. SUCRO. Witnesses:

DANL. FISHER, JNo. T. MADDOX. 

